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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to seriously consider using air-traffic management to keep European aircraft outside of contrail-forming regions of the atmosphere. Reducing contrails would bring an immediate reduction in high clouds with a corresponding immediate decrease in global warming. More details
Submitted by Mrs S J Dowson – Deadline to sign up by: 26 October 2007 – Signatures: 204
Petition update, 16 November 2007
You signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "seriously consider using air-traffic management to keep European aircraft outside of contrail-forming regions of the atmosphere. Reducing contrails would bring an immediate reduction in high clouds with a corresponding immediate decrease in global warming."The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here:
http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page13781.asp
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More details from petition creator
Hot moist gases from jet exhausts cool very rapidly as they mix with air at higher altitudes and this results in the formation of ice crystals. When the air is cold and moist enough, these ice crystals will be spread by the wind, gathering water vapour and growing. After 9/11 all commercial flights were grounded for three days. Various lines of research have led to the conclusion that aviation-induced cloud, which is thin and high in the atmosphere, is a more significant factor in global warming than the CO2 emissions from the flights. Thin cloud lets the warmth of the sun through but insulates at night, giving overall warming. Recent research conducted at Imperial College London shows that minor changes in flight paths can reduce contrail formation with only a small fuel and time penalty. Operational changes that avoid contrail formation can immediately reduce the associated climatic impacts.
Current signatories
Mrs S J Dowson, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- David Wellman
- Robert Noland
- John-Martin Malone
- Tamara Pejovic
- j d gamlen
- Amy Davison
- Paul Verdeyen
- Barbara Wheeler
- carol walsh
- haydn john latham
- mandy goddard
- Julia Erdem
- Julie Prodger
- Gemma Goddard
- Martin Rouse
- Mary Kewney
- James Porter
- ANNE MILNER
- Julie Flook
- Ron Taylor
- katrina turnbull
- helencoren
- Eileen Payne
- Elisabeth Fulton
- Gavin Pretor-Pinney
- Richard Watts
- Gini Wells
- Jet Cloud
- Laura Wilkinson
- Margaret Worrall
- gill clague
- Amanda Tyson
- jenny kirk
- Diane Cockerham
- barbara berry
- Ian Loxley
- Steve Williams
- Clare Catchpole
- Bruce Mills
- Moira Malcolm
- Penny Green
- Ron Hough
- N Hyde-Smith
- Andrew Burns
- Pat Waterfall
- David Evans
- Anthony Holdsworth
- Ronald Westmaas
- Anna Brown
- Malcolm Gerhardt
- Fiona Campbell
- Thomas Chappell
- James Fitzherbert-Brockholes
- Kerry Evans
- Michael Jones
- Sue Campbell
- Elliot Davies
- James Wilkes
- Daniel Lee
- Lorrie Forsyth
- Morena Shepherd
- Nicola Smith
- Tom Bradshaw
- Matthew Smerdon
- Florrie Gullion
- Kevin Williamson
- Justine Hall
- Lindsay Kirby
- Katie Steckles
- Marie West
- Douglas Bateman
- Simon Taylor
- Alan Russell
- Andy Mayhew
- Stuart McVity
- Ailsa Chandler
- Jill Ford
- John Curran
- Geoffrey Haigh
- Patience Light
- Derek Clark
- Simon Phillips
- Pamela McGuigan
- John F Rose
- Nicholas Swarbrick
- Andy Billany
- Simon J Gibson
- Melissa Mason
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- Kate Graham
- Katherine Tuck
- Joash Lewis
- Amanda Moorghen
- Jeffrey Fowler
- Thomas FitzGerald
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- ruth garnett
- susan fink
- Alex Hughes
- Sally Butcher
- Geoffrey Newman
- Cheryl Killen
- Caroline Thurnham
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- David Haddon-Reece
- Cllr Andy D'Agorne
- Cllr Philip Booth
- Kristin Harvey
- Lisa Hale
- Thomas Hillman
- Felicity Taylor
- anita loong
- Nicola Wearmouth
- Ron Bragg
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- Anthony Kay
- Richard Lawson
- William Selka
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- Susan Randall
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- Shaun Clayton
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